Printing-machine.



. F. E. BLAISDELL.

PRINTING MACHINE. APPLICATION TILED DEC. 4, 1906.

927,099, wanted July 5, 1909.

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I. E. BLAISDELL. ramming MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED D110 4, 1906 Patented July 6, 1909.

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PRINTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 4, 1906.

927,099. Patented July 6, 1909.

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FREDERICK ELIJAH BLAISDELL, OF KENSINGTON, LOWDON, ENGLAND.

PRINTING'WMA UIHINLFJT Etpecification of Letters ."Patent.

Application filed December 4, 1906.

om it may concern: knowntliat i', Fmmnruoir Emmi; intramural, citizen of the United States, re- 'ug; at 105 Uarwood Court, Kensington, don, Engiand, have invented new and useiui Yiruprowamcuts Relating to Printingi iachines, of which the following is a specification.

This invc" V v jor dealing with a rapid succesetc of paper which. beiiwonie wet with an ink impression from a printing machine, the being dealt with in such a Way as to cause them to be deposited in a manner adapted to avoid off-setting and smearing.

'iiiie chief distinguishing features of my invention foiiows: The method of operation involves the employment of a rec1procatir 1' ct which takes a sheet as deliv- PIKE-ii mg machine and con- 9. cos i ever a piie andbaving d it thereon returns for the next ehcet in. sumcssicn. The carrier is conuidiug arms and these areas, n'zaiiy mounted, are, after the debtor} dune/ct, so disuiaced that the succeeding ei'ieet is deiivered on to another pile and the next sheet to still another pile and the foiiuwiug to yet another, the totai mun-- I ber of nice thus formed being i'our iliustrated in the aocoi'npanying drawings, though a or a ices number may adopt-cit" To carry out the operation above described in comp; 1y arranged machine which ocn1 "cum amount oi floor space, I

suriioient space between them to it of tire acouiuuiation or" a moderate sheets and the transit of the carie pile which will gradually form i order to convey a ebeet into the "cry narrow space between the bout contact with a sheet deposited the cor-res riding portion of the "be carrier requ ircd to be adapted id maintained parallel to the supinor it required to be so ibat, between each delivery, it can u the former piece oi deposc, this portion of the guide consists of two outstretched euiii cicntiy- Wide apart to aiiow tbem'to between them the Width of the ite min-ts which are secured at one end to tho the machine and ovmining there no. num b er of i "r bo've n relates to improvements in 1 dc supports one over the other Eatented July 6, 1909.

Eerie], No. 84%;,9332.

" from. The outstretched arms are raised and lowered by being pivotaily mounted on the free end of an an; daily dispieceabio cantaliver, the two portions being connected togetiier by parallelogram. mechanism of the paraiiebruier type whereby the outstretcheifi arms are maintained horizontal By na ling a piuraiity o'i' piles, the time interval between the deposit of coneecut sheete on the same pile will be sucii a mu tipie oi the time interval between the deiivcry of consecutive sheets from. the printing machine as, in ntiany cases, to aiiow suiiicient time for the ink to set. At any rate the time interval will be sui'iicient to aliow a pile to be removed and fresh board provided on the pile support before the next sheet will be delivered thereto, thus, without delaying the operation of the printing machine, the necem one pile Wiii be avoided and thus a tendency offsetting due to periznpoeed weight Wiil be eiiniin atcd.

To carry out the above described iunda mentai operations with precision and ccr- ,tainty a number of devices are adopted in the construction, of the machine and some of these are ciainied in the final claims, but it is to be understood that these specific devices are not cseentiai to the invention, for their functions may be performed by various meci'ianicui equivalents.

The accompanying drawings show a form erations aboa c referred to.

In these drawings r--Figure 1 is a side ole-- ration showing the apparatus fitted to a printing machine of known type Whose frame is adapted to carry the operative members of the paper piling; contrivance. i 2 a pian. li ig. 3 a plan of a part of the sucker strip secured to the carrier. big, at is a section of thcsucker strip takeuaiong the line i i or e; :5. Figs. 5 and 43 are respectiveiy a sectional pine and eiovation. oi a component of a sheet rot: 'ning device Fig; I? an Qi'liitfi'fiflti elevation of a portion of the cantaiiver iii in these figuree ing n'iachine which, revolving in the direction (ii the arrow (big. 1), delivers the printed sheet rebface uppermost onto tapes 6 and i) which are caused to tra'vei continuousiy' in one direction if driven by the g iitcivcbain N and chaiu- Wheel 6 i rom tnc tapes the Wet sheet is sity for the acc'uniuiation of many sheets on of construction adapted to carry out the op-' a is the cylinder oi a printthe rotation. oi a roller taken to the pile or piles by pneumatic ettachment to a. carrier to he suhsetuiently described, which is caused to undergo a lon r-- tudinal reciprocating movement derived 1 secured to a cross-shalt which is actuated from the other side of the machine by the motor which drives the printing machine.

Pivotally mounted on the frame of the printing machine is a compound cantaliver, whose axis is co-ineident with that of the pinion '0 and chain wheel (1. The cantaliver consists oi a pair o'l' arms {,1 to each of which is secured a quadrant g titted with a pitcln chain g secured to the end 9 of the quadrant, the pitch-chain serving as a medium for effecting; the angular displacement of the cantaliver and also as a means of suspension of a counter-balance vi eight g".

Pivotally mounted on the ends of the arms 9, havin its axis co-incidont with that of the chaiirwheel d, is a second nah of arnis 72 which, by means oi links mounted on an axis '5 situated vertically above the axis oi the pivot of g and so secured to the arms 72, as to he always parallel to the armsv will he constrainev... to remain always horizontal in all angel positions of the arms g. The arms h are separated laterally from one another sufficiently to permit them to rise and descend and inclosc between. them a series of superposed overhanging shelves 9' j, j which are'secured to and project from the heme i.

In hi 1 the coin round cautaliver is shown in hill lines in its lowest position and in dotted lines positing a sheet on shell j.-

The rinsing and lewering'of the cantzdivcrs is effected by means of a cam is which ortuates a lever on which carries a roller m, the lever being connected to a rod it formed with a rack in at its upper end." v The rack n gears with a pinion 0 secured to a cross shaft 0 to which also is secured -at' each end a toothed wheel 0" which on each side of the machine engages with the heforeinentioned pitch chain The cam. lederives its motion of continuous rotation from the hel oroqueie tioncd spi1r-Wheelf through the medium of whcelsf f andf to which latter the rain is secured and which, riding on the motor driven cross-shaft, revolves at o nedourth the speed ofthat shaft. Referring to Fi s. 1 and '7, it will be seen that the mini A. is formed with four steps. Yl hen the circulzir portion 7: is in. contact with the roller in the canlalivcr will be in its lowest position. The cam revolving in the direction of the arrow, Figs. 1 and 7, will cause the roller. to pass in. it position suitahle lor dcinto engagement with the circular portioi'i. if which time the cantaliver will have been. raised into a position for the deposit of a sheet on sheh j A step ol douhie onr; litude will nex 1 he performed, the on teliver he n thereby raised to the top shelf 9, the cir portion 7c" of the cam then engaging with the roller: From this position the cant-sliver will descend, first by a single step to it. shelt j, when. the roll ward, by a do. step to the shell j, and so onin cces ion. According to this sequence the greatest use and tall otthe cantnliver on each nnweinent will be minimized.

Along guides provided in the arms of the en-ntalivcr a flexible carrier is caused to reciprocate, there being a chain 1) coi'inected hv one end to the left-hand end. of the car rier (Fig. ll the other end licii wrapped around and secured to a pulley 2) which itself secured to the cross-shaft which carries the bcl orcenientioned chain-wheel d" which is alternatc y rotated in opposite directions. A. second rhain is tastcned at one end to the right-hand end of the carrier and is wound in the opposite direction around the same pulley and s n'ed thereto. This a'rrang .nient heiugi'iro diuduplieate, onooueach side of the machine. the cnrri i will recipromite as the before mentioned quadmnt c lllizttCS. T he carrier comprises a number of cross pindies fitted with roll of the conngouinl cantaliv Ar and connected at each end by a chain of 1)"; The carrier supports two llexiole strips g ol. rubber lnrvin; a number of orifices formed in their under sinmees, which orifices serve sud-(er nioul he for pneumatic attachment to the borders on the upper face of the wet printed sheet.

Referring to Fig. 4 which shows it Fla of the strip i taken along the line 3, the strip shown as composed 0 three thicknesses which are cemented together. tndinal passages and Q2 which are closed at the ends and which, at the end. away from the printing machine, are oined by a transverse passage 9 At intervals along the length of the strip, these open into sucker mouth-pieces (1 ol' enlarged diameter. The passage g being connected to space in which a vacuum is maintained, then, by mmins ol' the transverse passage there will be a tendency to the production of a vacuum in the passage q? and in the sucker mouth-pieces q". The vacuum will be most intense in. the in-r'nith-pieccs near the transverse passa 'es q and these will he the 'lirst to come into contact with. the wet closed by the "adherence of the paper the engages with h and, after- Cir to run in the guides.

In the strip are formed-two longii holes g are bored and vacuum in that next in successiofi. will boa W ago 'a'ihomiroz'n oxtondi ow; of

limmouth oi 0214211 mm from. orii o11dihg from her sm'cossivoly to f-homa i at the otlwor allel Cube r2 into one or the '1;v IJK T r 1' m and :2, z inserted, m a), mlosoo jwio fitting mar, 1161f, a the landing: soc tube 001m mm to the imssngo q of am of the whioh Polloiv. strips 11d into the other 2 similar 13m? Sin1i- I For ai'mvoyil Wot ssi'lovts from. a print- I I machine '[10 dopbsih ivhom on. (mo or more of the, other strip. The tube 1" beingcoii m a; zouhiocmxrjor r.=o:mpri:,-=i a; twwiioo mooted w the wzcuom at? by swiveling and mini 'I'OW'S oi pneflja'oz tio Mu-s, a plow telescopingtubes u the sit-10km mouths WEN roiity of P81115191 CfOSS-Sf milk which. marry always be 1 mph 0 seize the printed Show flip pnommwic suckers, support .5 roikrs :11:- whon it comma; in contact thorwith. By 'iho rods of he .ezpimllos and a mi;- of chains 1am, 1:1ot"show'n,itarranged fOFHMH/HQUUHL of oivotzfiiy oomivctod link which oin to to be broken. in $110 who? at the instant the wr Rho vnds of the savor-(1i spim cm'rio'rhos compioted i1 5 outwmfl moyemont. i5. 0y cnjrliwsyi'mg shoe from oiprintiw To insure the nocumte dopoaii; of 3211a cow machine to deposit them on. one ov more pii-a voyed shoot, o air of adjubsobly fixed such an @ombitmbimx of a flexible um'riur, organs oi. 91's 3 (Figs 2 and 6), proviciod. with mbtacvh inoni; to the borders of the shoots; mm which the upper surface of who Eoadiog edge i'iod therazm, Me for the 0 tier mode in of the comwayefl raheotoomos in contewt m; We two; portion, :ms for mm 'FDGiL'billg 1111.11 ingzmnt 1: :zei'iing 3110 breaking offlm moo-- warrior along said guide and means for 31:15:11"

' tions of the suckoi's 3 to suit the width. of the o J'GCij'JFUHwi a." mrzim' um in 11 31101 161 strips.- The suckers s lm'iy displacing the mvo'portionooft w guido om oonm cawl to o Volvo box 3 "which in rehztivoly to owh o'ivhoij" communication with the vacuum space by a 5. For oonvryi'i'lg wot shoots from :1. Pliliiwsystem of telescoping tubes 8 3 3 iLIiflJEflIQLL lug l'mwhino 51o muonmfni 'Ey dog :rslit them in the unmner of the; before mentioned tubes on piio without ommmng a. QDETIEIHTHZLMUN 3.00 7" 7* '1, to permit of .eadjws mom; of he posi composing two row; of llflllilrmtlit 'W103i? s,

U thel'ufoz' and 1110: sheet of paper being; primed. in tho Volvo for commuting Hwsuom 1 with A: pnou'm: box ,9 fitted the tubular valvo s" which, vzuruum opoce comprising; a. swiveling; tole when the ports" formofi. thoi'oin, aoincidcs scoping mm and :i phi? of gnaw-01h!tsramowith tho port 8 in tho valvmbox by the pro? vm'so fieloszrc tubes. sureof the ism-rimon the bufier s' ofiecbiog {1 For coo- Laying Wot shoots from a pri 11h the compression. of the spring 3 Causes; the iog machine no outmnmioally doposit 111mm fornmtion of a vacuum i11 fl18 suckors 's". on a pile witho'ot slimming, a comhinmiml On the mm'oa't oi" the con'ial' the vow-9 .9 WiH comprising two longitudinal rows of pnow- 1.19 tend to return under 'sho action of the spring" i'nnjgio suxrkors, o flexible leoipromting car 8 but will be prevented so long as vacuum Pier t i'lomfor, means for mato'rm'uticmfly and is n nimizminm z Wit 1 tho'vaiivo 5*. Mt ,1 tho pm'iodimfly nmiidng and bra-Guido a, 'vzwmiam. (warrior hm; rmnovod if 5m in it alii the in too sunk 11116; a plwumatio v rggzu'x of Jo:- shoot the vaoumn Wili 2o omkml in the pipe) tent-Lion oduofiod. Tho soizo :u miJwid the ioaixding l kmdiug from the pol b f to H123 moumn spam edges of tho show-11s rim he :iomg'n movoby :L suumialo mm org-undead valve V 1 meat oi the Earner. shown) mm tho shoeu win be oilcirwo i w m p, Anon; anus for qonveymg and auto A sot of suckers and cormections S S" is mnfi providm Llijil Wfl GiLCh of the azimi'vos, all tho volvwborms boingmlfi' its a oommollst prising f long'it uo :ml 8" which is in onnnoction WiZi'l the TECH-5 Caz-11ml, a guide "for tho no iii, 522111;: a Sn A 13; nmo 'iine 0,. 2

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them on a, pile withouf moo: l'i'i'lgg, wmprlis 7, two lmlgitudinnl vows of pl'aounmtio Smokers, ing 1 :1 pawsngo innn, n, pvrmo-noni "oonum space nrjlt aiimr fur to the loading suckol moum of cog-1h row and 1 prising 2 ER mom-- hurl-y dis- La c in {L vertical plane, on overhangpuii ni'mctl branch, pivotzilly mounted on tho extremity of the said :ingulm'ly (lis- 2l=tcoz1l-le l mi1(=li,.and means for maintaim ing the iwcihainging lUiLDCll in an approximately horizontal position for all angular positions of the first mentioned branch of the cantuliver.

i in apparatus to; conveying and. auton'mticully piling :1 succession of sheets from a printing i'imchiiie on :1 plurality of piles, it cuomlivcr for guiding 3, SllOOlV-GLII'lGI', compris Q," 21 pii otcd brunch migulmly displiicczilile in a vertical plane, on overhanging pair-mined branch, pivotolly mounted on the extremity of the said ongularly displzicezible branch, and it pamllelogrmn n1echllZllSl'Il fornminteining tlic overhanging branch in an approxinLately horizontal position for all angular positions of tlie first mentioned bi'zincli oi. the cuntaliver.

10. in apparatus for series-piling, a comlii'nntion con'iprisii'ig; n, plurality of overhang ing sug i tposed pile-sup 'ioi'ts, on ongulzn'ly (lisplziceable cantaliver and a stepped organ for (.lireoting the cn ntsliver to each pile in turn, t 1e nmxiinuin displacement oi. the cantalivcr between any two consecutive deliveiies corresponding to twice thespace inte'rval between two consecutive pile-supports.

1]. In aippcmtus for seriesp'iiing, a combination composing a plurality of overhanging super osedpile-supports and an'ongw lsrly clispl ziceable cantoliveifor directing the sheets to be -oiled, which cantaliver Comprises a p'air (at outstretched arms, which inclose the pile-supports between them, and mechanism for maintainingthe said arms in an approximately horizontal position for all angular positions ot'the contalivei'.

in testimony wliereofl have signed-my name to this specification in the pi'csen. fol two subscribing Witnesses.

FREDERICK ELUAH BLMSDELL.

s FRE'DK. L. RAND, F V]. LANE. 

